Identify the purpose of ARP?

A.) Avoiding routing loops

B.) Determining a workstation's IP address

C.) Sending a directed broadcast

D.) Determining a workstation's MAC address

Answer Posted / sukhwinder singh gharuan

ARP(Address Resolution Protocol) is a protocol which
resolves the ip address to the MAC address(physical
address) of the system. ARP is a layer 3 protocol. another
protocol RARP works in its opposite manner

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